Mount Aurum, 22 - 24 December 2013

A classic trip in Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve. Starting from Skippers Cemetery, I walked up Skippers Creek and the Bullendale Track to the historic Bullendale site, past Bullendale Hut and Caspers Flat to a campsite at the head of Skippers Creek Right Branch. The next morning I climbed to Dandys Saddle and the summits of Prince of Wales and Mount Aurum, before descending into Aurum Basin and past Archie's Hut to Dynamo Hut. On the last day I walked out in rain via the Dynamo Track and Skippers Creek Left Branch.

Mount Aurum route topo from the ridge east of Dandys Saddle. Ascent route on the right; descent route on the left. The more direct line below the summit looks steep from below, but is actually fine when viewed from above

The best route from Skippers Creek Right Branch into the Left Branch follows a tussock spur to Pt 1475m, not the eroding creek bed below. A marker pole at the bottom of the spur indicates where the route leaves the valley floor